Rafah, Egypt  - Eleven Arab doctors crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt on Friday to treat Palestinians injured in Israel's 14-day offensive, the official MENA news agency reported.

During the past few days, doctors from around the world, including Malaysia, Turkey and Greece, have gathered on the Egyptian side of the borders pledging to get through to help the injured.

Egyptian authorities had refused to let them pass citing "security reasons".

Along with nine Egyptian doctors, there was a Yemeni doctor and a Moroccan one in Friday's medical convoy.

Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said that 27 doctors were allowed into the Hamas-controlled Strip on Friday.

Despite calls for opening the border to allow Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, Egypt has only opened the Rafah crossing for aid shipments into the enclave and to receive wounded Palestinians for medical treatment.

The Rafah border, Gaza's only passage to the outside world, has rarely been opened in recent years due to an Israeli and Egyptian blockade of the territory.

Nearly 800 Palestinians have died since the Israeli attack started on December 27. About 3,200 have been reported injured. (dpa)